eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cybercrime is a growth industry like no other. A major focus of cybersecurity as an industry is its efforts to detect, root out, and respond to potential fraudsters attempting to trick companies and people out of their money, data, or both. Table of Contents: Who Do Scammers Target and Why? billion in reported losses.

Social Engineering 120

Social Engineering Energy and Utilities Phishing Scams 120

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

For a security technology that’s only a few years old, microsegmentation is catching on quickly. Those findings appear in The State of Microsegmentation in Network Security , a Byos report that details the results of a Q3 2021 survey of 100 cybersecurity leaders. Also read: How to Implement Microsegmentation.

Healthcare 127

Healthcare IoT Network Security Telecommunications 127

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. Top 4 antivirus software. Bitdefender Total Security. Multi-layer ransomware protection. Sophos has two years of stellar NSS Labs results, scoring 99.1%

Antivirus 98

Antivirus Software Malware Marketing 98

Spinone

MARCH 10, 2019

There is certainly no shortage of cloud security concerns for businesses today. There are constantly new headlines, blog posts, statistics, and other information pointing to the fact that security breaches, malware, ransomware, data leak events, phishing and other security concerns are not going away.

Ransomware 53

Ransomware Energy and Utilities Backups Encryption 53

NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

When the malware hit Saudi Aramco four years ago, it propelled the company into a technological dark age, forcing the company to rely on typewriters and faxes while it recovered. For some reason, when it comes to our industrial and energy sectors, many are blissfully unaware of the threats faced on a daily basis.

Cyber threats 40

Cyber threats Cyber Attacks Ransomware Manufacturing 40

ForAllSecure

MAY 17, 2023

Small to Medium Business are, today, the target of APTs and ransomware. VAMOSI: Something has changed in the last five years, and demonstrably so. Small to medium businesses are being targeted more and more. So they’re often unprepared when a nation state APT choses to focus on them. And why is that?

Internet 40

Internet Internet Insurance Cyber Insurance 40

Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2022

Ransomware has given security professionals a headache for the better part of a decade. The supply chain, already stretched to a breaking point, suffered additional misfortunes across multiple industries, from agriculture and manufacturing to technology and utilities. Top ransomware variants. Top countries.

Ransomware 108

Ransomware Manufacturing Government Computers and Electronics 108

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. Ransomware is the most feared cybersecurity threat and with good reason: Its ability to cripple organizations by locking their data is a threat like no other.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Backups Encryption Cybersecurity 98

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As we near the end of 2022, IT professionals look back at one of the worst years on record for incidents. During 2022 over 65% of organizations expected security budgets to expand. Gartner estimates that $172 billion will be spent this year, up from $155 billion in 2021. Ransomware. User Awareness.

Phishing 134

Phishing Mobile Technology Manufacturing 134

Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2023

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who monitors information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web sites. This provides the best overall picture of ransomware activity, but the true number of attacks is far higher. MalasLocker: The Robin Hood of ransomware?

Ransomware 82

Ransomware Education Encryption Software 82

SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Targeted attacks. We identified targets of CosmicStrand, which we attribute to an unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor, in China, Vietnam, Iran and Russia. We identified targets of CosmicStrand, which we attribute to an unknown Chinese-speaking threat actor, in China, Vietnam, Iran and Russia. Mobile statistics.

Malware 100

Malware Computers and Electronics Adware Cryptocurrency 100

SecureList

JANUARY 31, 2024

We do not expect rapid changes in the industrial cyberthreat landscape in 2024. Most of the below-described trends have been observed before, many for some years. However, some of them have reached a critical mass of creeping changes, which could lead to a qualitative shift in the threat landscape as early as next year.

Ransomware 68

Ransomware Energy and Utilities Marketing Backups 68

Security Boulevard

APRIL 20, 2022

For decades, phishing has been a complex and time-consuming challenge for every security team. In this annual report, ThreatLabz offers deep insights on the current phishing threat landscape from a full year’s worth of phishing data from the world’s largest security cloud.

Phishing 113

Phishing Retail Risk Architecture 113

SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Targeted attacks. Lazarus targets the defence industry. Putting the ‘A’ into APT. In December, SolarWinds, a well-known IT managed services provider, fell victim to a sophisticated supply-chain attack. One thing that sets this campaign apart from others, is the peculiar victim profiling and validation scheme.

Malware 94

Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 94

SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

Over the past few years, the ransomware threat landscape has been gradually changing. In some cases, this global trend is just a reflection of the continuous life cycle of threats: old ransomware families shut down and new ones appear and pursue new targets. Introduction. We have been witness to a paradigm shift.

Ransomware 103

Ransomware Encryption Malware Energy and Utilities 103

Digital Shadows

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Ransomware activity decreased in the third quarter of 2022 (Q3 2022), as actors regrouped and refocused after a busy start to the year. Despite this, attacks on high-profile targets—as well as potentially politically motivated attacks—kept our eyes on ransomware this quarter. from the previous quarter. of all victims.

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Government Marketing Healthcare 52

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

That’s perhaps because of a dedicated group of hackers who are working to improve automotive security. Robert Leale, the driving force behind the Car Hacking village at DEF CON, joins The Hacker Mind to talk about CANBus basics, and whether we’ll see cars subjected to ransomware attacks.

Hacking 52

Hacking Manufacturing Computers and Electronics Engineering 52

Malwarebytes

MARCH 8, 2023

This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes' ransomware specialist, who builds a monthly picture of ransomware activity by monitoring the information published by ransomware gangs on their Dark Web leak sites. This information represents victims who were successfully attacked but opted not to pay a ransom.

Ransomware 83

Ransomware Healthcare Government Education 83

SecureList

APRIL 23, 2021

Kaspersky has been following the ransomware landscape for years. In the past, we’ve published yearly reports on the subject: PC ransomware in 2014-2016 , Ransomware in 2016-2017 , and Ransomware and malicious crypto miners in 2016-2018. Was ransomware, in fact, a dying species of malware? Key findings.

Ransomware 97

Ransomware Mobile Malware Encryption 97

CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Over the past year, we have established a comfortable hybrid/remote work environment that is expected to be the norm post-COVID-19. However, with this has come adversaries who have grown more confident with attacking high level targets, such as the Colonial Pipeline and other critical infrastructure operations.

Data breaches 142

Data breaches Ransomware Government Cybersecurity 142